Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Space Science, Fractions and Decimals, Space Radiation
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
The accumulation of radiation throughout a person’s lifetime is a total lifetime dosage. This lifetime dosage can make humans susceptible to various forms of cancers. In this problem, students calculate the total lifetime dosages in Rems. A one-page teacher guide accompanies the one-page assignment.
Problem 2, Radiation Background and Lifestyles [180KB PDF file]
This mathematics problem is part of Space Math III.